"weten" meaning in Dutch

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Verb

IPA: /ˈʋeːtə(n)/ Audio: Nl-weten.ogg
Rhymes: -eːtən Etymology: From Middle Dutch wēten, from Old Dutch witan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“know”), a root perfect from the root *weyd-. The past tense forms is also composed of the regular past tense marker -te. Etymology templates: {{root|nl|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{inh|nl|dum|wēten}} Middle Dutch wēten, {{inh|nl|odt|witan}} Old Dutch witan, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*witan}} Proto-West Germanic *witan, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*witaną}} Proto-Germanic *witaną, {{inh|nl|ine-pro|*wóyde||know}} Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“know”), {{m|ine-pro|*weyd-}} *weyd-, {{l|nl|-te}} -te Head templates: {{nl-verb}} weten Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-irr|weten}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], weten [infinitive], weten [gerund, neuter], weet [first-person, present, singular], wist [first-person, past, singular], weet [present, second-person, singular], wist [past, second-person, singular], weet [formal, present, second-person, singular], wist [formal, past, second-person, singular], weet [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], weet [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], wist [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], wist [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], weet [present, singular, third-person], wist [past, singular, third-person], weten [plural, present], wisten [past, plural], wete [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], wiste [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], weten [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], wisten [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], weet [imperative, present, singular], weet [archaic, imperative, plural, present], wetend [participle, present], geweten [participle, past]
  1. (transitive) to know (knowledge), to be aware of something Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-weten-nl-verb-DN8SzSwi
  2. (transitive) to remember Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-weten-nl-verb-OC7Eux0Z
  3. (auxiliary, with te) to be able to, to manage to (literally, "to know how to/to know of a way to") Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-weten-nl-verb-D-uE47Jd Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 70 11 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: betweter, onwetend, te weten, van de hoed en de rand weten, van wanten weten, weetbaar, weten waar Abraham de mosterd haalt, wetenschap, wetenswaardig, willens en wetens Related terms: kennen
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈʋeːtə(n)/ Audio: Nl-weten.ogg
Rhymes: -eːtən Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|nl|verb form}} weten
  1. inflection of wijten: Tags: form-of, indicative, past, plural Form of: wijten
    Sense id: en-weten-nl-verb-qenudF80
  2. inflection of wijten: Tags: form-of, past, plural, subjunctive Form of: wijten
    Sense id: en-weten-nl-verb-4mJPS77I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "te weten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "van de hoed en de rand weten"
    },
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      "word": "weetbaar"
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      "word": "weten waar Abraham de mosterd haalt"
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "weet",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "weet",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "wetend",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "geweten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        {
          "english": "I know what that planet is called.",
          "text": "Ik weet hoe die planeet heet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Lars knows Emma, do you know? - Yes, I know that Lars knows Emma.",
          "text": "Lars kent Emma, weet je dat? — Ja, ik weet dat Lars Emma kent.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't know Russia, I don't know anything about that country.",
          "text": "Ik ken Rusland niet, ik weet niets over dat land.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I know how to cook well, but I don't really know Indonesian cuisine; I don't even know how to prepare fried rice.",
          "text": "Ik kan goed koken, maar de Indonesische keuken ken ik eigenlijk niet; ik weet niet eens hoe je nasi goreng klaarmaakt.",
          "type": "example"
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        "to know (knowledge), to be aware of something"
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        "(transitive) to know (knowledge), to be aware of something"
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          "english": "I still remember how cold it was last year.",
          "text": "Ik weet nog hoe koud het vorig jaar was.",
          "type": "example"
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        "(transitive) to remember"
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        {
          "english": "The Frisii were a Germanic people and just like various other Germanic peoples they were able to fiercely defend themselves against the Romans. Nevertheless, the Frisii had to subject themselves in the year 12 because warlord Drusus was able to defeat them.",
          "text": "De Frisii waren een Germaans volk en net als verscheidene andere Germaanse volkeren wisten ze zich fel te verdedigen tegen de Romeinen. Toch moesten de Frisii zich in het jaar 12 onderwerpen doordat veldheer Drusus hen wist te verslaan.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "De voornamelijk op lokaal niveau succesvolle partij Freie Wähler weet voor het eerst ergens op deelstaatniveau de kiesdrempel te halen.\nThe party Freie Wähler, successful primarily at the local level, is able for the first time to achieve the election threshold somewhere at the state level.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Do you know a nice pub around here? I can locate a few, but I only know one of them really well.",
          "text": "Weet jij een leuk cafeetje hier in de buurt? – Ik weet er een paar te zitten, maar ik ken er maar eentje echt goed.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "My great-grandmother, she was actually not from here, strictly speaking. From Bridgetown, she was. 'Bados', the local people say, because they can't speak like us. Bajan... Bajan, they speak there, a kind of Creole, but still a bit different from ours.",
          "ref": "2003, Marylin Simons, Carrousel, Paramaribo: Okopipi, page 53",
          "text": "Die overgrootmoeder van me, ze was eigenlijk niet van hier, als je goed berekent. Is van Bridgetown was ze. ‘Bados’ zeggen die mensen van daar want ze weten niet als wij te praten. Badyan... is Badyan praten ze daar, een soort van Negerengels ma' toch een beetje anders als van ons.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "to be able to, to manage to (literally, \"to know how to/to know of a way to\")"
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          "te",
          "te#Dutch"
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        [
          "be",
          "be"
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          "able"
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        [
          "to",
          "to"
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        "(auxiliary, with te) to be able to, to manage to (literally, \"to know how to/to know of a way to\")"
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        "with te"
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      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʋeːtə(n)/"
    },
    {
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      "word": "te weten"
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      "word": "van de hoed en de rand weten"
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      "word": "van wanten weten"
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      "word": "weten waar Abraham de mosterd haalt"
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      "word": "wetenschap"
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      "word": "wetenswaardig"
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        "3": "wēten"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "odt",
        "3": "witan"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*witan"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*witaną"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wóyde",
        "4": "",
        "5": "know"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*weyd-"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-te"
      },
      "expansion": "-te",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-conj-irr",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "weten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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      "form": "weten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "neuter"
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    {
      "form": "weet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wist",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wist",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wist",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wist",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "colloquial",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wist",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wist",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wisten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wete",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wisten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wetend",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geweten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    "we‧ten"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "kennen"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "Dutch transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I know what that planet is called.",
          "text": "Ik weet hoe die planeet heet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Lars knows Emma, do you know? - Yes, I know that Lars knows Emma.",
          "text": "Lars kent Emma, weet je dat? — Ja, ik weet dat Lars Emma kent.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't know Russia, I don't know anything about that country.",
          "text": "Ik ken Rusland niet, ik weet niets over dat land.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I know how to cook well, but I don't really know Indonesian cuisine; I don't even know how to prepare fried rice.",
          "text": "Ik kan goed koken, maar de Indonesische keuken ken ik eigenlijk niet; ik weet niet eens hoe je nasi goreng klaarmaakt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know (knowledge), to be aware of something"
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          "know"
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        "(transitive) to know (knowledge), to be aware of something"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "Dutch transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I still remember how cold it was last year.",
          "text": "Ik weet nog hoe koud het vorig jaar was.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to remember"
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        [
          "remember",
          "remember"
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        "(transitive) to remember"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch auxiliary verbs",
        "Dutch terms with quotations",
        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The Frisii were a Germanic people and just like various other Germanic peoples they were able to fiercely defend themselves against the Romans. Nevertheless, the Frisii had to subject themselves in the year 12 because warlord Drusus was able to defeat them.",
          "text": "De Frisii waren een Germaans volk en net als verscheidene andere Germaanse volkeren wisten ze zich fel te verdedigen tegen de Romeinen. Toch moesten de Frisii zich in het jaar 12 onderwerpen doordat veldheer Drusus hen wist te verslaan.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "De voornamelijk op lokaal niveau succesvolle partij Freie Wähler weet voor het eerst ergens op deelstaatniveau de kiesdrempel te halen.\nThe party Freie Wähler, successful primarily at the local level, is able for the first time to achieve the election threshold somewhere at the state level.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Do you know a nice pub around here? I can locate a few, but I only know one of them really well.",
          "text": "Weet jij een leuk cafeetje hier in de buurt? – Ik weet er een paar te zitten, maar ik ken er maar eentje echt goed.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "My great-grandmother, she was actually not from here, strictly speaking. From Bridgetown, she was. 'Bados', the local people say, because they can't speak like us. Bajan... Bajan, they speak there, a kind of Creole, but still a bit different from ours.",
          "ref": "2003, Marylin Simons, Carrousel, Paramaribo: Okopipi, page 53",
          "text": "Die overgrootmoeder van me, ze was eigenlijk niet van hier, als je goed berekent. Is van Bridgetown was ze. ‘Bados’ zeggen die mensen van daar want ze weten niet als wij te praten. Badyan... is Badyan praten ze daar, een soort van Negerengels ma' toch een beetje anders als van ons.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be able to, to manage to (literally, \"to know how to/to know of a way to\")"
      ],
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        [
          "te",
          "te#Dutch"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ],
        [
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          "manage"
        ]
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        "(auxiliary, with te) to be able to, to manage to (literally, \"to know how to/to know of a way to\")"
      ],
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        "with te"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋeːtə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːtən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-weten.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/Nl-weten.ogg/Nl-weten.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Nl-weten.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weten"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch non-lemma forms",
    "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Dutch terms with audio links",
    "Dutch verb forms",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/eːtən",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/eːtən/2 syllables"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
      "name": "nonlemma"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "verb form"
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      "name": "head"
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    "we‧ten"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "wijten"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of wijten:\n## plural past indicative\n## (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive",
        "plural past indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wijten",
          "wijten#Dutch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of wijten:\n"
      ],
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        "form-of",
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        "plural"
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          "word": "wijten"
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        "inflection of wijten:\n## plural past indicative\n## (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive",
        "plural past subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wijten",
          "wijten#Dutch"
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        "inflection of wijten:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋeːtə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːtən"
    },
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      "audio": "Nl-weten.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/Nl-weten.ogg/Nl-weten.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Nl-weten.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weten"
}

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